The Allman Brothers Band Sue Label For $10 Million

American rockers The Allman Brothers Band have launched a $10 million lawsuit against a record label over unpaid royalties.[...] Read more!

Published: 2008-08-12 Provider: StarPulse

Weekend Rock List: Best Live Albums

Okay, send us your suggestions for the best live albums ever officially released — that means your dusty bootleg cassettes don’t count, Deadheads and Phish phans. Post your picks, and on Monday, we’ll reveal our comprehensive list. Here are five of our favorites: Talking Heads - The Name of This Band Is … The Allman Brothers - At Fillmore East The Grateful Dead - Europe ‘72 Kiss - Alive James Brown - Live at the Apollo

Published: 2007-11-24 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock Lists

News Ticker: Metallica, “Rock Band,” Allman Brothers, David Byrne

With their new album due out later this year, Metallica is whetting their fans’ appetites with a new site called “Mission Metallica.” The band entices fans to “Experience the album… before it’s done.” The site will launch in May. MTV announced that Rock Band will begin selling full album downloads. First up: Judas Priest’s Screaming for Vengeance on April 22nd. The Allman Brothers have canceled this year’s run at NYC’s Beacon Theatre due to Gregg Allman’s recovery from Hepatitis C. The band promises to return to the venue in 2009 to celebrate their fortieth anniversary. Twenty-seven years after collaborating on My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, David Byrne and Brian Eno are working on a new album, due out in 2009. The duo will reportedly tour together as well.

Published: 2008-04-18 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Afternoon News Roundup

News Ticker: R.Kelly, Widespread Panic, Achozen, RIAA

R.Kelly, via his remix for Mariah Carey’s “Touch My Body,” announced that his new album is titled 12 Play: Fourth Quarter and that it will be released “soon.” Widespread Panic have been recruited to headline Sunday night after Bonnaroo after the Allman Brothers canceled their performance. Achozen, a collaboration between System of a Down’s Shavo Odadjian and Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA, will begin to digitally release songs from their new album next week. The band describes their music as “heavy hip-hop.” The RIAA spent $2.8 million lobbying in Washington D.C. last year. The group spent the majority of that figure on efforts to limit copyright violations. [Photo: Getty]

Published: 2008-04-17 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Afternoon News Roundup

News Ticker: Bob Dylan, Allman Brothers, Guns N’ Roses, Bill Cosby

Pulitzer Prize winner Bob Dylan will follow up his critically acclaimed autobiography Chronicles with a children’s book entitled Forever Young. The forty page picture book is due to hit shelves October 6th. Gregg Allman’s recovery from Hepatitis C has forced the Allman Brothers Band to cancel their performance at this year’s Bonnaroo Festival. Bonnaroo organizers will fill the vacancy with a “big announcement” this Thursday. Contrary to previous reports, Axl Rose will not star in a reality TV show documenting the release of Chinese Democracy. Details about Bill Cosby’s hip-hop album Cosby Narratives Vol. 1: State of Emergency have emerged. The comedian executive-produced and co-wrote the album, but will not spit rhymes, instead leaving rapping duties to a trio of newcomers. [Photo: Getty]

Published: 2008-04-15 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Bob Dylan, Afternoon News Roundup

Rock List: Readers’ Dream Festival Lineup

With the announcement of the lineups for Bonnaroo and South By Southwest last week, we asked the readers what bands would make up their dream festival lineup. Getting together the below list of twenty-seven bands would certainly be a challenge, but the readers certainly didn’t refrain from dreaming big. The lineup was based on number of votes, so the three headliners received the biggest number of endorsements (with Led Zeppelin coming in first overall). Check out the full three-day fantasy lineup of Rock Daily Readersapalooza after the jump. Friday Headliner: Radiohead David Bowie Arcade Fire Talking Heads Beck Flaming Lips Daft Punk Oasis White Stripes Saturday Headliner: Led Zeppelin Paul McCartney & Ringo Starr Bob Dylan The Rolling Stones Bruce Springsteen Foo Fighters Pearl Jam Red Hot Chili Peppers Cream Sunday Headliner: Pink Floyd Velvet Underground Phish U2 Prince Guns N’ Roses Rage Against the Machine Tom Waits The Allman Brothers Band [Photo: Getty]

Published: 2008-02-11 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock Lists, Rock Daily

"Cease to Begin" by Band of Horses

Thanks to bands with an affinity for the whiskey-soaked Southern rock of yore, the genre is rising again. But this isn't the bayou-loving sound of Creedence Clearwater Revival, Lynyrd Skynyrd or The Allman Brothers Band. Today's Southern rock is more sedate and less likely to become a protest anthem on a college campus. Band of Horses' newest album, Cease to Begin, is a testament to the softer side of the swamp, with its bluesy ballads, lazy banjos and lyrics about swinging screen doors. The opener, "Is There a Ghost," has the same commercial potential as the radio-friendly track "The Funeral" off their 2006 debut, Everything All the Time. Starting off slow and spooky, "Ghost" crescendos into a guitar-shredding rock song that has more in common with today's indie scene than anything CCR ever wrote. But the album's 21st-century aesthetic seems to drop off after the opening number. "Ode to LRC" is an unabashed love letter to Neil Young's

Published: 2007-10-09 Provider: Artist Direct

Bob Weir, Levon Helm, Warren Haynes Light a Fire at Three Day “Mountain Jam”

Framed by a chair lift overhead and Ferris wheel perched on the side of a mountain that rose 1,600 feet, former Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir launched his headlining slot on the closing night of Mountain Jam in a most auspicious way. With 10,000 watching, he flubbed the opening line to a song he has performed hundreds of times over 30 years. Then he walked over to Mark Karan, guitarist in his band, RatDog. Karan spoke into Weir’s ear — likely the first line to “Help on the Way” — and the evening got under way. The false start only fueled the frenzy that had been building over the three days that Mountain Jam was held at Hunter Mountain Ski Bowl in upstate New York. 2008 marked year number four for Mountain Jam, staged this past weekend by Woodstock-based WDST-FM and Warren Haynes, guitarist for Gov’t Mule and the Allman Brothers Band. Weir and RatDog delivered about three hours of music that featured a caustic cover of Bob Dylan’s “Masters of War” and inspired audience sing-alongs on “Friend of the Devil” and “Ripple.” But the high point of RatDog’s set and the entire weekend came when Levon Helm sat in with RatDog on Dylan’s “She Belongs to Me.” About 24 hours earlier, Helm held one of the now-famous “Midnight Ramble” house concerts at his recording studio in nearby Woodstock, for a sold-out audience that included Mountain Jam performer Jackie Greene. The Levon Helm Band played right before RatDog at Mountain Jam and brought fans to their feet with Band nuggets like “Ophelia,” “Rag Mama Rag” “The Shape I’m In” and “The Weight.” Helm’s new material, from his Grammy-winning 2007 release Dirt Farmer, was greeted as enthusiastically as the classic catalog. Helm welcomed Haynes for the final two songs of his set, and the Gov’t Mule guitarist added his vocal growl to “I Shall Be R

Published: 2008-06-03 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Tour Tracker: Allman Brothers Band, Joan Jett and the Dodos

Joan Jett flies out on a summer tour, a healthy Allman Brothers Band plot August concerts and the Dodos stave off extinction by staying mobile. The complete itineraries are after the jump. Joan Jett May 2 - Memphis, TN @ Beale Street Music Festival May 21 - Santa Fe, NM @ Camel Rock Casino June 7 - Fairfax, VA @ Celebrate Fairfax June 21 - Houston, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavillion June 22 - Dallas, TX @ Superpages.com Center June 25 - Phoenix, AZ @ Dodge Theatre June 27 - Alpine, CA @ Viejas Casino June 28 - El Paso, TX @ El Paso Downtown Street Festival June 29 - Atlanta, GA @ Chastain Park Amphitheatre July 2 - San Rafael, CA 2 Marin County Fair July 3 - Miami, FL @ Miccosukee Resort July 9 - Calgary, ALB @ Fort Calgary July 12 - Beloit, WI @ Beloit Riverfest July 19 - Fond Du Lac, WI @ Fond Du Lac County Fair July 24 - London, ONT @ Rock The Park July 25 - Oswego, NY @ Harborfest July 26 - Buffalo, NY @ Gateway Park August 16 - Louisville, KY 2 Kentucky State Fair August 22 - Niagara Falls, NY @ Seneca Niagara Casino August 23 - Syracuse, NY @ New York State Fair August 28 - Milwaukee, WI @ Miller Park August 30 - Milwaukee, WI @ Summerfest Harley Davidson 105th Anniversary September 6 - Grand Junction, CO @ Festival Grounds September 22 - Bakersfield, CA Kern @ County Fair Allman Brothers Band August 12 - Bethel, NY @ Bethel Woods Center For The Arts August 13 - Wantagh, NY @ Nikon At Jones Beach Theater August 15 - Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center August 16 - Mansfield, MA @ Tweeter Center For The Perf. Arts August 19 - Saratoga Springs, NY @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center August 20 - Hartford, CT @ New England Dodge Music Center August 22 - Canandaigua, NY @ Constellation Brands - Sands PAC August 23 - Camden, NJ @ Susquehanna Bank Center August 30 - Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre The Dodos April 27 - San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall June 19 - San Francisco, CA @ The Independent June 24 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge June 25 - S

Published: 2008-04-29 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, On Tour

The Who Pen New Tunes, Prince Sues the Pirate Bay, My Bloody Valentine Reunite

According to the Who’s Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend is already working on new material for the follow-up to 2006’s Endless Wire. “At the moment Pete’s writing new material. I haven’t heard anything. He’s told me some of the ideas which sound really intriguing again, and as usual from Pete, it’s never dull,” Daltrey says. Fans endured a twenty-four year wait between 1982’s It’s Hard and Wire, so this is some real progress. Not content with just suing his own fans (and writing songs about it), Prince’s purple wrath will now result in lawsuits aimed at torrenteers the Pirate Bay. While the site has already survived multiple attempts to shut it down, Prince and Internet-piracy slayer Web Sheriff have filed lawsuits in three countries (United States, Sweden, France) to try to sink the Pirate’s ship. My Bloody Valentine’s Kevin Shields has revealed on VBS.tv’s Soft Focus that his shoegazing band has reunited and is working on a new album as we type. It’s been a Who-like sixteen years since the band released their epic Loveless. Jay-Z dedicated a moment of silence to Donda West, Kanye’s mother, during his set last night at New York City’s Hammerstein Ballroom. It was a somber moment in an otherwise upbeat week for Jay, as his American Gangster is expected to cruise to the top of the Billboard charts on the strength of sales in the 450,000 range. The Dave Matthews Band will add to their already large volume of live recordings with Live at Piedmont Park, a CD/DVD documenting the band’s September 8th, 2007, performance in Atlanta. The set features three new DMB songs, as well as appearances by opening act the Allman Brothers’ Gregg Allman and Warren Haynes.

Published: 2007-11-13 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Afternoon News Roundup

Britney Spears VMA Rumors Get Louder, Farm Aid Announces Allman/Nelson/Matthews Set, Details on Pearl Jam Tour DVD Emerge

Rumors that Britney Spears will mount a major comeback appearance at September 9th’s MTV Video Music Awards are getting louder. Reps for the TV network now claim they “cannot confirm or deny” a Spears cameo. Six recordings from the Monterey Jazz Festival will be re-released on August 21st to commemorate the event’s fiftieth anniversary, with more releases to follow next year. The first batch includes Louis Armstrong’s 1958 opening-night performance and a “Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival” compilation. The Osmond Brothers, plus siblings Donny (a onetime Rolling Stone heartthrob), Marie and Jimmy taped a fiftieth-reunion special for PBS to be aired next year; it’s the first time the full family has gathered to sing in at least twenty years. With the first New York Farm Aid less than a month away, organizers have announced festival performers Gregg Allman, Willie Nelson and Dave Matthews will play a special acoustic set. Pearl Jam will release Immagine In Cornice, a DVD of footage from five of the band’s 2006 Italian concerts, on September 25th. Director Danny Clinch promises “a look at Pearl Jam that no one has seen yet” featuring behind-the-scenes interviews and a peek at their life on the road, in addition to live performances. Check out the tracklist after the jump. Pearl Jam’s Immagine In Cornice Tracklist: “Severed Hand” (Milan) “World Wide Suicide” (Featured clips from all Italian show dates) “Life Wasted” (Torino) “Corduroy” (Verona) “State of Love and Trust” (Milan) “Porch” (Verona) “Even Flow” (Torino) “Better Man” (Verona) “Alive” (Milan) “Blood” (Verona) “Comatose” (Pistoia) “Come Back” (Pistoia) “Rockin” In The Free World” (Pistoia)

Published: 2007-08-16 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Festivals, MTV Video Awards, Morning News Roundup

The Allman Brothers: Live At The Beacon

The Allman Brothers Band opened their April 7th show at New York’s Beacon Theater — the fourteenth and next-to-last night of the 2007 edition of their annual spring residency here — with a brilliant surprise: Dr. John’s acid-voodoo crawl “I Walk on Gilded Splinters.” Behind the organ, Gregg Allman growled like a man who has spent much of his life defying death and evil — which he has. In the breakdown after the chorus, guitarist Derek Trucks emulated the zombie-angel chorale on Dr. John’s original recording with swandive-bottleneck runs while Warren Haynes, also playing slide guitar, peeled off licks that sounded like the helpless cries of the undead. It was a startling blast-off to a night that, in this town, at this time of year, is so easy to take for granted. The Allman Brothers Band have made themselves at home at the Beacon for three weeks each spring since 1989. It is a hallowed local tradition, and the closest thing anywhere, certainly in this century, to the aura and lift-off that the Allmans trademarked in their legendary 1971 appearances at Bill Graham’s Fillmore East. Indeed, for the first dozen of those Beacon runs, it was enough to have the historic might of Live at Fillmore East resurrected in Allman’s voice, the drum circle of Butch Trucks, Jaimoe and Marc Quinones, the bass-guitar authority of the late Allen Woody and (since 1997) Oteil Burbridge and the serpentine double-guitar ballet of (depending on the year) Dickey Betts, Warren Haynes, Jack Pearson, Jimmy Herring and Derek Trucks. But the Allmans were, from the start, an improvising band, dedicated to the magic and lessons of change, and April 7th was a night of dynamic hairpin turns. The second-set overture “Don’t Want You No More” — the Spencer Davis Group cover that opened 1969’s The Allman Brothers Band — was followed not by its usual sister song, the blues “It’s Not My Cross to Bear&

Published: 2007-04-10 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Live Shows